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Figure 10.25
Product distribution at various times.
TABLE 10.1 Reactor Train Feeds
Ethane,
Ethylene,
n
-Butane,
Benzene,
1-Butene,
Ethylbenzene,
C
2
H
6
C
2
H
4
C
4
H
10
C
6
H
6
C
4
H
8
C
8
H
10
Feed 1
10
90
Feed 2
50
The feeds for the reactor train, in lbmol/hr, and the component list are given in
Table 10.1. The pressure of both feeds is 300 psia, and both are saturated liquids.
Calculate the complete material and energy balance.
Workshop 10.2
The following describes a process for making toluene from
n
-
heptane. A fresh feed of 20 lbmol/hr of pure
n
-heptane at 77
◦
F and 1 atmosphere is
combined with a solvent recycle from an extractor and heated to 425
◦
F at 1 atmosphere.
The hot stream is fed into a reactor in which the following reaction occurs:
C
7
H
16
→
C
7
H
8
+
4H
2
